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title: 'The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sidney Lanfield'
released: '1939-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 80
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-hound-of-the-baskervilles-1939'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031448/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

1939 · 80 min · Horror, Crime, Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1939 American gothic mystery film based on the 1902 Sherlock Holmes novel of the same name by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Directed by Sidney Lanfield, the film stars Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. John Watson. Released by 20th Century Fox, it is the first of fourteen Sherlock Holmes films released between 1939 and 1946 starring Rathbone and Bruce.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sidney Lanfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-lanfield)
- **Screenplay:** [Ernest Pascal](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-pascal)
- **Original Music Composer:** [David Buttolph](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-buttolph)
- **Producer:** [Gene Markey](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-markey)
- **Director of Photography:** [John Peverell Marley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-peverell-marley)
- **Editor:** [Robert Simpson](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-simpson)

## Cast

- [Morton Lowry](https://cinepixo.com/people/morton-lowry)
- [Mary Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-gordon) as Mrs. Hudson
- [Wendy Barrie](https://cinepixo.com/people/wendy-barrie)
- [E. E. Clive](https://cinepixo.com/people/e-e-clive)
- [Ralph Forbes](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-forbes)
- [Lionel Atwill](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-atwill)
- [Nigel Bruce](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-bruce) as Dr. Watson
- [Eily Malyon](https://cinepixo.com/people/eily-malyon)
- [Barlowe Borland](https://cinepixo.com/people/barlowe-borland)
- [Leonard Carey](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-carey)
- [Ian Maclaren](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-maclaren)
- [Richard Greene](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-greene) as Henry Baskerville
- [Nigel De Brulier](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-de-brulier)
- [Beryl Mercer](https://cinepixo.com/people/beryl-mercer)
- [John Carradine](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-carradine)

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